Name Field Notability Year Marathon Result Link to Race Results Other Source Gbenga Akinnagbe acting The Wire , The Deuce 2011 New York City Marathon 4:53:52 NYRR Pamela Anderson acting Baywatch , V.I.P. 2013 New York City Marathon 5:41:03 NYRR [ 1] Sean Astin acting 1998 Los Angeles Marathon 4:04:42 Athlinks [ 2] Tony Audenshaw acting Emmerdale 2012 Amsterdam Marathon 3:08:38 [ 3] Scott Bakula acting 2004 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon 4:08:34 MarathonGuide William Baldwin acting 1992 New York City Marathon 3:24:29 NYRR Michael Babester Finance Carrs-Billington 2025 Manchester Marathon 3:29:17 [ 4] Meredith Baxter acting 1982 New York City Marathon 4:08:30 NYRR by then-married name (Birney) Valerie Bertinelli acting 2010 Boston Marathon 5:14:37 MarathonGuide Katrina Bowden acting 2015 New York Marathon 4:17:23 [ 5] Drew Carey acting The Drew Carey Show , The Price Is Right 2011 Marine Corps Marathon 4:37:11 Athlinks [ 6] Jennifer Carpenter acting 2010 New York City Marathon 3:34:27 NYRR [ 7] Dana Carvey acting Saturday Night Live 1972 Ocean to Bay Marathon 3:04:21 Tom Cavanagh acting 2006 New York City Marathon 3:29:31 NYRR [ 8] Bryan Cranston acting 1985 New York City Marathon 3:20:45 NYRR Christopher Eccleston acting 2012 London Marathon 4:17:43 London Marathon under the name "Chris Ecclestone" Anthony Edwards acting 2003 Chicago Marathon 3:55:40 Chicago Marathon Bruce Dern acting 1965 Western Hemisphere Marathon 3:20:45 RRCA archive Natalie Dormer acting 2016 London Marathon 3:51:21 London Marathon archive David James Elliott acting 2000 Boston Marathon 4:57:23 Will Ferrell acting 2003 Boston Marathon 3:56:12 MarathonGuide [ 9] Teri Hatcher acting 2014 New York City Marathon 5:06:42 MarathonGuide [ 10] Kevin Hart acting 2017 New York City Marathon 4:05:06 NYRR Katie Holmes acting 2007 New York City Marathon 5:29:58 NYRR [ 11] Ethan Hawke acting 2015 New York City Marathon 4:25:30 TCS New York City Marathon Results [ permanent dead link ] John Keston acting 1996 Twin Cities Marathon 3:00:58 Athlinks Ashton Kutcher acting 2022 New York City Marathon 3:54:01 NYRR [ 12] Shia LaBeouf acting 2010 Los Angeles Marathon 4:35:31 Athlinks Mario López acting 2011 New York City Marathon 4:23:29 NYRR Jonny Lee Miller acting 2008 London Marathon 3:01:40 Athlinks Edward Norton acting 2009 New York City Marathon 3:48:01 NYRR Freddie Prinze, Jr. acting 2006 Los Angeles Marathon 5:50:49 Athlinks as Freddie James Ryan Reynolds acting 2008 New York City Marathon 3:50:22 NYRR [ 13] Rob Riggle acting 2016 Chicago Marathon 5:33:52 [ 14] Milind Soman acting 2012 Mumbai Marathon 3:56:53 Athlinks Joan Van Ark acting 1979 Santa Ana/Orange Marathon 3:35:00 Peter Weller acting 1988 New York City Marathon 3:51:26 NYRR Andy Baldwin television The Bachelor 2011 New York City Marathon 3:17:31 NYRR Joe Bastianich television MasterChef 2009 New York City Marathon 3:42:36 NYRR [ 10] Przemysław Babiarz (pl) television Jeopardy! 2010 New York City Marathon 4:13:25 NYRR Richard Blais television Top Chef: All Stars 2011 New York City Marathon 4:31:54 NYRR [ 10] Danni Boatwright television Survivor: Guatemala 2003 Country Music Marathon 4:23:24 Bobby Flay television celebrity chef, host of numerous Food Network shows 2010 New York City Marathon 4:01:37 NYRR [ 15] [ 16] Shannon Bream television Fox News 2001 Pittsburgh Marathon 5:11:00 Ana Cabrera television CNN 2022 New York City Marathon 2:57:11 NYRR Charlie Gibson television ABC News 1983 Marine Corps Marathon 3:43:24 [ 6] Mary Katharine Ham newspaper AT&T, Inc. 2011 Marine Corps Marathon 4:22:14 Amanda Holden television Britain's Got Talent 2008 London Marathon 4:13:22 Athlinks Anna Kooiman television Studio 10 2008 Glass City Marathon 3:27:22 MarathonGuide Ted Koppel television Nightline 1983 Marine Corps Marathon 5:09:08 [ 6] Lisa Ling television The View 2002 Boston Marathon 4:34:18 Suzanne Malveaux television CNN 2004 Marine Corps Marathon 6:05:32 Athlinks [ 6] Natalie Morales television Today 2006 New York City Marathon 3:31:02 MarathonGuide [ 17] Casey Neistat television Neistat Brothers 2023 Tucson Marathon 2:57:34 Athlinks [ 18] Gordon Ramsay television Hell's Kitchen 2004 London Marathon 3:30:37 MarathonGuide Bill Rancic television The Apprentice 2001 Chicago Marathon 4:31:31 Athlinks as Billy the Kid Rancic Romesh Ranganathan television the Ranganation 2024 London Marathon 6:35:21 Sophie Raworth television BBC News 2019 Valencia Marathon 3:27:01 Results Al Roker television Today 2010 New York City Marathon 7:09:44 NYRR [ 19] Jimmy Savile television Jim'll Fix It 1983 London Marathon 3:33:59 [ 20] Ryan Sutter television The Bachelorette 2011 New York City Marathon 3:17:56 NYRR Meredith Vieira television The View 2010 New York City Marathon 5:59:00 NYRR [ 19] Joe Wilkinson television 8 out of 10 cats 2022 Brighton Marathon 4:30:25 Oprah Winfrey television The Oprah Winfrey Show 1994 Marine Corps Marathon 4:29:20 [ 6] Ethan Zohn television Amazing Race 2010 New York City Marathon 4:16:20 NYRR Chris Evans radio 2017 London Marathon 4:41:06 Jenni Falconer radio 2015 London Marathon 3:54:53 Results Greg James radio 2015 London Marathon 4:26:32 Results Robin Quivers radio 2010 New York City Marathon 6:09:00 NYRR [ 19] Peter Sagal radio 2011 Philadelphia Marathon 3:09:25 Athlinks Sean Combs music 2003 New York City Marathon 4:14:52 NYRR [ 21] Michael Balzary music "Flea" of Red Hot Chili Peppers 2012 Los Angeles Marathon 3:41:49 Athlinks [ 22] Gunter Gabriel music German singer 1983 New York City Marathon 4:29:57 NYRR Ben Gibbard music Death Cab for Cutie 2011 Los Angeles Marathon 3:56:34 MarathonGuide [ 21] Dan Hawkins music The Darkness 2019 London Marathon 3:21:44 Virgin London Marathon Nick Hexum music 311 2006 Los Angeles Marathon 5:29:44 [ 21] Dexter Holland music The Offspring 2007 Los Angeles Marathon 5:21:24 Athlinks [ 21] Katherine Jenkins music mezzo-soprano 2013 London Marathon 5:26:42 [ 23] John Joseph music Cro-Mags 2007 Marine Corps Marathon 4:20:41 Harry Judd music McFly 2024 London Marathon 3:23:40 Results Ronan Keating music Boyzone 2008 London Marathon 3:59:33 Athlinks Alicia Keys music singer, actress 2015 New York City Marathon 5:50:52 Runner's World Mike Malinin music Goo Goo Dolls 2000 San Francisco Marathon 3:23:56 MarathonGuide as Michael Malinin [ 21] Johnny Marr music guitarist 2010 New York City Marathon 3:54:18 NYRR as John Marr [ 21] Joey McIntyre music New Kids on the Block 2013 Boston Marathon 3:57:06 MarathonGuide as Joseph McIntyre [ 21] Alanis Morissette music 2009 Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon 4:17:03 MarathonGuide [ 21] Stuart Murdoch music Belle and Sebastian 1986 Glasgow Marathon 2:57:08 [ 21] Lisette Oropesa music opera 2014 Toronto Marathon 4:15:57 MarathonGuide [ 24] Josh Ritter music 2006 New York City Marathon 3:54:46 MarathonGuide [ 21] Jake Shimabukuro music ukulele virtuoso 2006 Honolulu Marathon 5:24:29 MarathonGuide Joe Strummer music the Clash 1982 Paris Marathon 4:13:00 [ 25] Harry Styles music One Direction 2025 Tokyo Marathon 3:24:07 Björn Ulvaeus music ABBA 1980 Stockholm Marathon 3:23:54 [ 26] Rolf Aldag sports cycling 2006 Hamburg Marathon 2:42:57 [ 27] Justin Allgaier sports motor racing 2024 NXS Champion 2024 Walt Disney World Marathon 4:18:32 [ 28] Mao Asada sports figure skating 2017 Honolulu Marathon 4:34:13 [ 29] Daniel Atienza sports cycling 2013 Zurich Marathon 2:29:27 Athlinks Tiki Barber sports American football 2015 New York City Marathon 4:50:56 MarathonGuide [ 10] Kajsa Bergqvist sports high jump 2010 New York City Marathon 3:56:57 NYRR James Blake sports tennis 2015 New York City Marathon 3:51:19 Runner's World Chris Boardman sports cycling 2009 London Marathon 3:19:27 Athlinks Jenson Button sports Formula One 2015 London Marathon 2:52:30 Bobby Carpenter sports ice hockey 2016 Boston Marathon 3:46:53 [ 30] Zdeno Chára sports ice hockey 2024 Boston Marathon 3:30:52 NHL Kane Cornes sports Australian Rules Football 2018 Melbourne Marathon 2:36:39 James Cracknell sports rowing 2017 London Marathon 2:43:12 Roger Craig sports American football 2005 Chicago Marathon 3:51:04 Athlinks Matt Dawson sports Rugby Union 2007 London Marathon 4:35:39 Dan Mullen sports American football 2016 Boston Marathon 4:28:35 Kimiko Date-Krumm sports tennis 2004 London Marathon 3:27:47 Amer Delić sports tennis 2014 New York City Marathon 3:58:02 NYRR Bill Demong sports Nordic combined 2014 New York City Marathon 2:33:05 NYRR [ 10] Luis Enrique sports association football 2007 Florence Marathon 2:58:08 [ 31] Jennie Finch sports softball 2011 New York City Marathon 4:05:26 NYRR Quinton Fortune sports Association football 2017 London Marathon 4:06:29 Helen Glover sports rowing 2017 London Marathon 3:05:25 Hunter Hillenmeyer sports American football 2015 Chicago Marathon 3:38:09 [ 32] Michael Hutchinson sports cycling 2017 London Marathon 3:01:22 Laurent Jalabert sports cycling 2007 Barcelona Marathon 2:45:52 Athlinks Jimmie Johnson sports motor racing 2019 Boston Marathon 3:09:07 [ 33] Kaká sports Association football 2022 Berlin Marathon 3:38:06 Matt Kenseth sports motor racing 2022 Boston Marathon 3:01:40 [ 34] Heikki Kovalainen sports Formula One 2007 New York City Marathon 3:36:56 NYRR Justin Leonard sports golf 2001 Dallas White Rock Marathon 3:54:19 MarathonGuide Amélie Mauresmo sports tennis 2012 Paris Marathon 3:16:49 Athlinks Jim McDonnell sports boxing 2003 London Marathon 2:50:54 Athlinks Jamie McMurray sports motorsport 2019 Last Chance BQ2 Marathon (Geneva, IL) 2:53:51 Results Leontien van Moorsel sports cycling 2008 Rotterdam Marathon 3:28:57 Athlinks Pavel Nedved sports football (soccer) 2012 Prague Marathon 3:49:51 Athlinks Apolo Ohno sports skating 2011 New York City Marathon 3:25:12 NYRR Abraham Olano sports cycling 2006 San Sebastian Marathon 2:39:19 Kyle Petty sports NASCAR 2005 Las Vegas Marathon 4:18:34 MarathonGuide Thomas Rohregger sports cycling 2016 Vienna City Marathon 2:48:47 [ 35] Edwin van der Sar sports football (soccer) 2011 New York City Marathon 4:19:16 Athlinks Kerri Strug sports gymnastics 2008 New York City Marathon 3:56:06 NYRR Andrew Strauss sports cricket 2013 London Marathon 3:31:52 [ 36] Lynn Swann sports American football 1993 New York City Marathon 4:26:41 NYRR Nick Symmonds sports 800 metres 2017 Honolulu Marathon 3:00:35 [ 37] Pat Tillman sports American football 2000 Avenue of the Giants Marathon 3:48:48 MarathonGuide Amani Toomer sports American football 2010 New York City Marathon 4:13:45 NYRR [ 38] James Toseland sports Superbikes 2013 London Marathon 3:03:11 Athlinks Jarno Trulli sports Formula One 2000 New York City Marathon 4:00:28 NYRR Ed Viesturs sports mountaineering 2006 New York City Marathon 3:15:18 NYRR [ 39] Vanessa O'Brien sports mountaineering 2017 Boston Marathon 5:16:00 MarathonGuide [ 40] Michael Waltrip sports racing driver 2005 Las Vegas Marathon 3:56:52 MarathonGuide Mats Wilander sports tennis 1997 New York City Marathon 4:19:19 NYRR Caroline Wozniacki sports tennis 2014 New York City Marathon 3:26:33 NYRR [ 41] Adam Yates sports cycling 2021 Barcelona Marathon 2:58:43 [ 42] Joop Zoetemelk sports cycling 2010 Paris Marathon 4:08:52 Athlinks Kim Alexis modeling 1991 New York City Marathon 3:52:00 NYRR [ 43] Ali Landry modeling 2002 Boston Marathon 5:41:41 Nell McAndrew modeling 2012 London Marathon 2:54:39 Athlinks Beth Ostrosky modeling 2008 New York City Marathon 4:15:39 NYRR Christy Turlington modeling 2011 New York City Marathon 4:20:46 NYRR [ 44] Siera Bearchell modeling Miss Universe Canada 2016 Saskatchewan Marathon 4:45:15 Sportstats -| Karlie Kloss modeling 2017 New York City Marathon 4:41:50 NYRR [ 45] [ 46] Max Baucus government U.S. Senate 1982 Governor's Cup Marathon 3:01:18 Jill Biden government U.S. First Lady 1998 Marine Corps Marathon 4:30:02 Athlinks [ 6] L. Paul Bremer government American diplomat 1991 Boston Marathon 3:00:34 George W. Bush government U.S. President 1993 Houston Marathon 3:44:52 Athlinks as G W Bush Alun Cairns government British Member of Parliament 2014 London Marathon 3:34:08 Brian Calley government Lt. Governor of Michigan 2013 Detroit Marathon 4:31:47 MarathonGuide Alastair Campbell government British politician 2003 London Marathon 3:53:45 Athlinks Mark Carney government Prime Minister of Canada 2015 London Marathon 3:31:35 Results Melvin Carter government Mayor of Saint Paul Minnesota 2024 Twin Cities Marathon 3:44:03 [ 47] [ 48] Andrew Leigh government Australian politician and economist 2017 Tokyo Marathon 2:42:48 Michael Dukakis government Governor of Massachusetts 1951 Boston Marathon 3:31:00 Mikuláš Dzurinda government Prime Minister of Slovakia 1986 Malokarpatsky Marathon 2:54:57 John Edwards government U.S. Senate 1983 Marine Corps Marathon 3:30:18 [ 6] Joschka Fischer government German Foreign Minister 1998 Hamburg Marathon 3:41:36 Frederik government Crown Prince of Denmark later King of Denmark 1994 Copenhagen Marathon 3:06:49 Jacob Frey government Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota 2021 Twin Cities Marathon 2:53:22 [ 49] Bill Frist government U.S. Senate 2000 Marine Corps Marathon 4:46:12 Athlinks as William Frist [ 6] Al Gore government U.S. Vice President 1997 Marine Corps Marathon 4:58:25 Athlinks as Albert Gore [ 6] Jörg Haider government Austrian politician 1997 Vienna City Marathon 3:33:19 Athlinks Matt Hancock government British Politician 2024 London Marathon 3:55:37 Mike Huckabee government Governor of Arkansas 2005 Marine Corps Marathon 4:37:29 Athlinks [ 50] Jeremy Hunt government British Politician 2024 London Marathon 05:44:33 Eduardo Maruri government Ecuadorian politician 2005 Guayaquil Marathon 3:59:03 Greg Mulholland government British politician 2009 Belfast Marathon 3:18:50 [ 51] Sarah Palin government Governor of Alaska 2005 Humpy's Classic Marathon 3:59:36 MarathonGuide Matthew Parris government British politician 1985 London Marathon 2:32:57 Tim Pawlenty government Governor of Minnesota 2004-2005 Twin Cities Marathon 3:57:52, 3:43 [ 52] [ 53] David Petraeus government U.S. Army General 1982 Omaha Marathon 2:50:53 [ 54] Harry Reid government U.S. Senate 1972 Boston Marathon 3:16 Paul Ryan government U.S. House 1990 Grandma's Marathon 4:01:25 [ 55] Jim Scheibel government Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota 1988-1992 Twin Cities Marathon 2:52.25 [ 56] Eliot Spitzer government Governor of New York 1983 New York City Marathon 3:58:43 NYRR Alexander Stubb government Prime Minister of Finland later President of Finland 2014 Berlin Marathon 3:11:23 Athlinks [ 57] Clarence Thomas government U.S. Supreme Court 1980 Marine Corps Marathon 3:11:00 [ 6] (noted "unofficial") Arne Treholt government Norwegian politician 1982 New York City Marathon 2:54:05 Athlinks Dominique de Villepin government French Prime Minister 1980 Marathon de l’Essonne 2:57:06 Tom Vilsack government Governor of Iowa 2005 Marathon-to-Marathon 5:03:09 MarathonGuide Willem-Alexander government Crown Prince of the Netherlands later King of the Netherlands 1992 New York City Marathon 4:27:00 NYRR (Bib 18756) Taavi Rõivas government Prime Minister of Estonia 2013 Marathon Popular de Valencia 3:52:10 Carreraspopulares Abdelkader Benali literature Moroccan-Dutch writer 2006 Rotterdam Marathon 2:52:25 Athlinks Benjamin Cheever literature American writer 1981 New York City Marathon 2:58:35 Athlinks Günter Herburger literature German writer 1984 Berlin Marathon 3:04:34 Results Haruki Murakami literature Japanese Author 1991 New York City Marathon 3:31:26 NYRR [ 58] Eugen Ruge literature German writer 2006 Wuhlheide Marathon 3:03:51 [ 59] Erich Segal literature American writer 1964 Boston Marathon 2:56:30 Günter Wallraff literature German writer 1983 Frankfurt Marathon 2:50:14 Martin Gruebele science scientist 2013 California International Marathon 3:10:34 MarathonGuide Bernd Heinrich science biologist 1980 West Valley Marathon 2:22:34 Wolfgang Ketterle science Nobel Prize winner 2014 Boston Marathon 2:44:06 MarathonGuide Daniel Lieberman science paleoanthropologist 2016 Boston Marathon 3:34:21 [ 30] Alan Turing science mathematician, cryptologist 1947 Amateur Athletic Championships 2:46:03 [ 60] Shinya Yamanaka science Nobel Prize winner 2012 Tokyo Marathon 4:03:19 [ 61] Jared Fogle — convict 2010 New York City Marathon 5:13:28 NYRR [ 62] Christer Fuglesang — Swedish astronaut 1987 Stockholm Marathon 3:15:05 Karl-Erivan Haub — businessman 2000 New York Marathon 4:09:00 Athlinks Daniel "Swampy" Hooper — environmentalist 2010 Snowdonia Marathon 3:10:49 Run Britain Pippa Middleton — socialite 2015 Safaricom Marathon 3:56:33 [ 63] Dambisa Moyo — economist 2015 London Marathon 5:18:43 Edison Peña — rescued Chilean miner 2010 New York City Marathon 5:40:51 NYRR Volker Schlöndorff — German film-maker 2008 Paris Marathon 4:37:41 Athlinks as Volker Schloendorff Guido van der Werve — Dutch conceptual artist 2013 Berlin Marathon 2:57:06 Athlinks Oz Pearlman — American magician 2014 Philadelphia Marathon 2:23:52 [ 64] Liam Knight sports AFL , Cricket 2022 Melbourne Marathon 4:59:58 Erben Wennemars sports Speed skater 2021 Rotterdam Marathon 2:47:43 Arjen Robben sports football (soccer) 2022 Rotterdam Marathon 3:13:40